Gran stranded with £10k bill after being diagnosed with cancer on holiday

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Specialists have told her she's unsuitable to fly home for treatment so she'll need to pay the NHS
Dione Watson was partaking in a vacation in the UK when she got the horrible news

A Jamaican granny seeing family in South London figured out she has bosom disease yet
has been informed she can't fly home for treatment. The stunning dilemma implies mum-of-three Dione Watson, 52, has been compelled to remain in the UK where her bills could add up to over £10,000. As a non-UK resident she is simply qualified for crisis care and her most memorable receipt previously came in for £1,200.

Dione came to West Norwood on May 7 when everything was "cheerful and carefree", however about a month after the fact she tracked down a protuberance under her arm. She disregarded it from the start, until one morning it had developed to the size of a marble and she was feeling exceptionally unwell. Her girl gave her a hot pack to mitigate the aggravation yet she chose to go to medical clinic.

At first specialists thought it was a cist. Solely after two rounds of anti-microbials did Dione get a mammogram and afterward a biopsy. "That is the point at which crap hit the fan," she told MyLondon, keeping down tears. "They said 'It's malignant growth'. I expressed take a gander at the name once more, it's not my name. They said 'Shout if you have any desire to shout, cry if you need to cry'."
Dione before she tracked down an irregularity the size of a marble and was prohibited from flying

Dione is battling around evening time she fights restlessness with narcotics, while in the day she's inclination the nauseating impacts of chemotherapy. She said: "I ask those questions consistently 'For what reason me master?' However I simply need to work with the assistance that I am given." She's right now being treated at Ruler's School Clinic.

Specialists announced her unsuitable for movement. Regardless of whether she needed to seek clinical treatment at home in Jamaica she wouldn't be permitted to fly. For the present she is simply frightened the cash will run out.

The Windrush Development prime supporter Cleric Desmond Jaddoo said: "Dione needs to broaden her visit in the UK as she came on a multi month visa. She has this medical clinic bill and we are simply requesting that individuals give only a tad, £2 or £5. The emergency clinic isn't declining to treat her, however we want the cash so the medical clinic can proceed."

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